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# countryside

«countryside» in Mova's school dictionary: **land outside towns and cities, with fields, farms, woods…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the countryside; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The countryside is land outside towns and cities, with fields, farms, woods, hills and small villages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it is compared with towns and cities (rural versus urban). In everyday life and safety: the Countryside Code — close gates, keep dogs on leads near animals, take litter home, stay on paths. In stories, the countryside is a place of walks, farms and adventures. Phrases: «in the countryside», «the open countryside», «countryside walk».

### examples

- We went for a long walk in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x1)
- My grandparents live in the countryside near a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x2)
- The countryside is quieter than the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x3)
- Always close farm gates when you walk in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x4)
- From the hill we could see miles of green countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x5)
- Take your litter home to keep the countryside clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x6)
- There are fewer buses in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/#x7)

### note

Uncountable and usually with «the»: «in the countryside», not «in a countryside». Similar words: «the country» (in this sense), «rural areas». Opposite: «town», «city», «urban area». Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [The bare winter countryside seems to show him «the insides of things», and he likes it plain and strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/6/)
- [Tegumai to his Tribe: «Can't a man break his carp-spear without the whole countryside descending on him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/11/)
- [The countryside often has slower internet than towns and cities.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/30/)
- [Living far from friends, for example in the countryside, can be lonely; weekend clubs and planned visits help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «countryside» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countryside/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.